'When he ran, he left his
Christmas bird in the street next to his
hat. The young men ran away at the same
time, so Peterson took the goose and the hat home
with him, and the next day he brought them here.
'There was an interesting little ticket on the goose's left
leg,' said Holmes. 'It said "For Mr and Mrs Henry Baker".
We can find the letters H.B. in the hat too.'
'Oh ... the owner of the hat and the goose
is called Henry Baker,' I said.
'Yes,' answered Holmes. 'But my dear Watson this
doesn't help us very much. There are hundreds of
Henry Bakers in London. I gave the goose back to
Peterson this morning,' he went on, 'and I said to him:
"Have this for your dinner!" I didn't want it to go bad,
you know.'